Microsoft loses appeal in Word patent case

Microsoft has lost a second appeal in a case that will see it pay $240m (£160m) in damages to software firm i4i.

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Top free troubleshooting tools for Windows

No computer runs perfectly forever. Somewhere along the line, something will go wrong. While each successive version of Windows has been that much more reliable and self-healing, that’s never been an argument to forgo a good collection of software tools.

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HP Windows 7 Slate Strikes at the iPad With Flash Demo (VID)

The Apple iPad’s Oscar debut on millions of TVs may have been the talk of the town Monday morning, but not for long. Rival PC maker HP has launched a sneak

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Microsoft cracks down on Xbox Live homophobia

Microsoft has made a small but vitally important step forward in improving the overall tone of the online chat and gaming banter within its Xbox Live community.

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Microsoft Demos Game Across Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360 and PC

Whoa. During the keynote presentation at TechEd Middle East in Dubai, Microsoft’s Eric Rudder played the same Indiana Jones-ish game on a Windows computer, a Windows Phone 7 phone, and an Xbox 360. Gaming is about to get real ubiquitous.

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Microsoft’s Project Pink Lives, and It’s Coming to Verizon

After the Windows Phone 7 launch passed without so much as a mention of Project Pink, Microsoft’s other new phone project started to fade into memory. Today, we can confirm: Pink is coming, and Verizon is onboard as a carrier.

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Browser makers demand screen time

Small browser firms want changes made to Microsoft’s browser choice screen to make their programs more prominent.

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W/i a Year 90% of Microsoft Employees Working Cloud Projects

As of today, Microsoft has around 75% of its employees are working on cloud-related projects. “A year from now that will be 90 percent,” says CEO Steve Ballmer. According to its Wiki page Microsoft currently has 93,000 employees… yikes.

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Microsoft Says Good Riddance to IE6.

It appears that Microsoft is as happy as anyone to see the death of IE6.

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Google Acquires DocVerse for around $25 million

Google announced the acquisition of DocVerse, which allows for real-time online sharing and simultaneous group editing of PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents.

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